There are reports of one suspected Lassa fever case both recorded in Borno and Ogun State.
According to Borno State Commissioner for Health, on Thursday said that one suspected case of Lassa fever was reported in the state.
Mshelia told newsmen in Maiduguri, the case was reported in Zabarmari community of Jere local government area of the state.
He said that the patient was initially quarantined but discharge after medical examinations.
“The patient was discharged after medical examination certified him free of Lassa fever infection.
“It is medically proven that the case was not Lassa fever as earlier suspected,” he said.
Mishelia disclosed that the state government had also steppedal up surveillance to contain spread of River Blindness in prone areas.
He noted that River Blindness and cholera diseases were more prevalent during rainy season, adding that proactive measures had been put in place to contain disease.
“Assorted drugs are distributed to endemic areas.
“State preparedness for endemic disease such as cholera is in place”.
Similarly, a 22-year-old man in Abeokuta, Ogun, has allegedly contracted Lassa fever and is under medical observation at the State General Hospital, Ijaiye.
The patient, names withheld, returned from Lagos with the symptoms.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr Babatunde Ipaye, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with Newsmen on Thursday in Abeokuta, Vanguard reports.
“He (patient) is resident here in Abeokuta; he travelled to Lagos and returned with the fever.
“He is currently at the state General Hospital Ijaye where he is under medical observation.
“We have carried out the first test.The first sample was positive. It shows some reactions, but we need to carry out another confirmatory test.